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  3. Windham or Hunter?

    in Southwest Northeast

    Posted

    Hey all,

     

    I am thinking of planning a trip to upstate NY at the end of Jan, either to Windham or Hunter Mountain for a weekend, and was wondering which resort you locals prefer for carving and what runs are particularly good? Is there anything I should watch out for?

     

    Thanks!

  8. M27 Boots

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    Big t-nuts are your friend.

     

    For sure. Many many shoddily drilled, large holes and Dremel cuts, none of which line up to the holes in the heel, are not. When I showed my SO my err.. handiwork? she winced and said "there's no way in heck you're riding those again." ...and that sealed it. Guess I can still use the tongues, liner, and buckles as spare parts.

  9. M27 Boots

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    I have seen a couple listed, are you still looking? 

     

    Yep, still looking! Unfortunately I actually damaged my original boots beyond repair on the second attempt (drill press turned out to be a no no)

  16. Tips for removing rusted screws from boots?

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Longboarder09

    Well, I think I trashed this set of boots. The heads did end up popping off after drilling considerably deeper than the picture with a slightly larger bit. However, vice grips could not get the shafts out- either the shafts were deformed due to too deep drilling with too thin of a bit, or the outer coating with scrape off, providing no grip. Dremeled the shafts relatively flat, but failed to drill new holes that were centered and perpendicular to the plane, though I did use a center tap and increasing bit diameters. 

     

    Anyway, now looking for a new pair of boots, M27, else my season is over before it even began this year. Let me know what you have...

     

    Thanks everyone for all your help though. This certainly has been enlightening.

  17. Tips for removing rusted screws from boots?

    in Carving Central

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    For heels. I just drill outt he original embedded t nuts and leave them.  Why remove them further weaking the area.  New ones slip inside the shell of the old ones and fit fine in the recess of the shell.  Done this so many times.  I do it to brand new boots!  I don't trust the originals and I use SS hex cap head metric hardware to bolt the new ones in.  Done deal.   USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! 

     

     

    Brilliant- I'm surprised that this didn't click sooner- drill through and keep the original T nuts and slip new SS ones in. 

     

    This is what I have so far.

     

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  18. Tips for removing rusted screws from boots?

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Longboarder09

    So just to clarify, when drilling the head off of screws, is the idea to have a relatively shallow drill hole and progressively increase the bit diameter until the final bit is close to the diameter of the head itself, or is the point to drill through the shaft through the entire boot, taking off a little of the original T nut in the process?

     

    Last night, I used a drill bit that, I believe, was close in size to the shaft diameter, however I drilled a hole deeper than the head of the screw with no luck getting the head to pop off. Perhaps I need a larger diameter bit? Hopefully I'll have access to a drill press and a milling machine tonight, as the batteries on my cordless are completely shot and won't hold much charge.

  22. Tips for removing rusted screws from boots?

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Longboarder09

    Strip it out, then drill the head of the screw off with a bit about the size of the screw hole.  When the four screw heads are off (assuming none backed out) pull the heel off and take a look at the screws.  You can spray with penetrating oil or WD40 and let it soak overnight.  Then hopefully you can use a vice grip to back the screw out.  If they break, you may have to drill them out and retap the hole.  If that does not work, drill straight through and T bolt a new screw in.  

    Easy?

     

    Edit: Just kidding, I guess I do have the tools required to fix this! ;)

  23. Tips for removing rusted screws from boots?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Hey all,

     

    While attempting to switch my heels from standard to intec, I've noticed that the screws fastening the heel have completely rusted through, making the screw unable to turn at all without stripping. Has anyone encountered this/ suggest any ways to remove the screws/heels? At this point, I'm seriously considering cutting the heel pad off if possible.

     

    Thanks!

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